Programs Blog

Tuesday, 22 July 2025

Noon Position: 410*02.094 x 068*28.323

Ship Heading (degrees): 180

Ship Speed (knots): 6.30

Log (nm): 352.8

Weather / Wind / Sail Plan (from 1300 Watch Change): Current sails are main stays’l and fore stays’l and we are motor sailing. Currently force 2 Beaufort, consistent throughout the day. Wind is traveling ESE.

Description of Location: We are approaching furthest SE point, and furthest point out into the open ocean for this trip before turning towards land.

We had an early start, incredibly early. We had our first full dawn watch, starting at 0100. In the lab, we mostly processed data from the deployments of the day. We got to look at some plankton, specifically zooplankton, underneath a microscope. We did a 100 count ID which is when we ID the first 100 organisms we see. We saw everything from larger mysids (shrimp) to radiolaria congregations. The weather was quite chilly, but it was refreshing. At 0333 we saw some epic dolphins which hunted underneath our boat. We got to watch the beautiful, colorful, sunrise, while having tea time on quarter-deck and sharing stories. Dawn watch was definitely one of the best team-bonding watches yet. The hardest part was the last two hours where sleep-deprivation and hunger took the best of us leaving us all delirious. We passed on our watch to A watch and all passed into a deep sleep.

Throughout the day, we had a bucketful of events. As per usual, there is never a dull moment on the Corwith Cramer. During our lesson in the afternoon, C watch presented the weather and the science data that we had collected. We were able to come up with a couple hypotheses on how and why the temperature and salinity seemed to be inversely proportional, as well as a correlation with bathymetry and currents. And of course, today was the much anticipated Line Chase. It was extremely competitive, intense, and so much fun. A watch came first, and we came second by seconds. Oh well! We still know our lines really well. There weren’t many sail evolutions (or perhaps I just slept through them) but the wind is quite low, so mostly we’ve been using the engine. During our free time, C watch played a heated game of Catan together. To close the day out, we got to watch dolphins jump and swim under the ship during our nightly sunset appreciation time. C watch is looking forward to another star-filled night watch, and we cannot wait for the many more adventures to come on our trip! Sea you all in the next blog.

Olive and Sarah (C-watch)

Olive: Hi mom and dad (and everyone else)! Herkese merhaba, size cok seviyorum 🙂 everything is amazinggg, have so much to tell you, miss you!

Sarah: Hello mom, dad, and all others – I’m having the absolute best time out here! Cannot wait to tell lots of stories when I get back. Love and miss you guys!

Sawako: Hi mom, dad, and the monkeys 🙂 I was having a hard time with the sea sickness yesterday, but today was awesome with the calm weather!! I miss you all

James: Hi family! Grams would be pleased to know that there were some oceanic storms a couple days ago. However, I’m doing great and I can’t wait to see you when I get back! 🙂